Hollander, Strelzik, Pasculli, Vandenberg, Hontz & Associates is a Sussex County law firm established in 1964. Janice D. Pasculli is a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation who devotes her practice to estate planning and elder law.
Probate in Morris County
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Morris County Surrogate's Court
Morris County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
Administration Building, 10 Court Street, 5th Floor, Morristown, NJ 07960
Website
E-filing
Filing in person
Appointment required
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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Probate Firms Serving Morris County
Ansell Grimm & Aaron serves Monmouth County and the Jersey Shore from its Ocean office, handling New Jersey probate and estate matters through the Chancery Division. Its probate and estate litigation attorneys handle will contests involving capacity, undue influence, and fraud, trust disputes, and fiduciary actions against executors, trustees, and guardians, alongside estate administration.
Brach Eichler's trusts and estates practice, based in Roseland in Essex County, advises individuals and business owners on inter-generational wealth transfer, business succession, and estate and gift tax planning. The group also handles estate and trust administration for executors and trustees throughout northern New Jersey.
CSG Law is a New Jersey and New York firm headquartered in Roseland in Essex County. Its Trusts & Estates group advises business owners and families on estate and succession planning and wealth preservation, and handles probate and trust and estate administration for executors and trustees.
Connell Foley's Taxation and Estate Planning team works from the firm's Roseland home office in Essex County, with a second Bergen County office in Hackensack and two in Jersey City. The group handles estate planning, estate and trust administration, charitable planning, and related tax matters, and litigates disputes between beneficiaries and fiduciaries. Partner Anthony F. Vitiello leads it.
Lasser Hochman is a Roseland firm founded in 1954 serving Essex County and northern New Jersey. Its estate planning and administration attorneys handle wills and trusts, probate and estate administration, and related tax planning, drawing on the firm's depth in real property and taxation.
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In New Jersey, a will is signed before 2N.J.S.A. 3B:3-2Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyN.J.S.A. 3B:3-2Verified Oct 19, 2026View source.
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How Much Does Probate Cost?
Probate on a $500,000 estate in New Jersey costs an estimated $35,885R. 4:42-9(a)(3) (counsel fee out of the estate); R. 4:42-9(b) (affidavit of services; RPC 1.5(a) factors; no statutory percentage); N.J.S.A. 3B:18-6 (attorney serving as fiduciary)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 2.4%Modeled estimate under R. 4:42-9(a)(3) (counsel fee out of the estate); R. 4:42-9(b) (affidavit of services; RPC 1.5(a) factors; no statutory percentage); N.J.S.A. 3B:18-6 (attorney serving as fiduciary): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.9%Modeled estimate under R. 4:42-9(a)(3) (counsel fee out of the estate); R. 4:42-9(b) (affidavit of services; RPC 1.5(a) factors; no statutory percentage); N.J.S.A. 3B:18-6 (attorney serving as fiduciary): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
Settling an estate in New Jersey: creditors have 9 monthsN.J.S.A. 3B:22-2, 3B:22-4, 3B:22-8, 3B:22-10, 3B:22-33Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.
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How Much Can an Executor Charge?
New Jersey sets executor compensation by statute — about $20,500 on a $500,000 estate, roughly 4.1%N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14Verified Sep 8, 2026View source.
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Do I Need Probate?
In New Jersey, estates valued at $20,000N.J.S.A. 3B:10-3Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less use the Affidavit of Surviving Spouse or Next of KinN.J.S.A. 3B:10-3Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, a court filing short of full probate.
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What Are the Creditor Claim Deadlines?
In New Jersey, the 9 monthsN.J.S.A. 3B:22-4Verified Sep 8, 2026View source period after the date of death protects a representative who distributes after it; late claims can still reach undistributed assets.
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Can I Self-File Probate?
New Jersey has no statewide fill-in probate petition, so the opening petition is drafted as a legal pleading, and informal probate is not availableN.J.S.A. 3B:3-17, 3B:3-19; 2B:14-1 (Surrogate is the Judge and Clerk of the Surrogate's Court — no non-judicial/registrar track)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source.
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